Having proposed the “What Should We Do?” column, I have put the first such column up on our sister site ThirdPartyWatch.com. The column “Toward a New National Organizing Committee” proposes that it is time to advance toward a national organizing committee for a new classical liberal party.…
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We work vigorously to cover third parties other than the Libertarians. There is an obstacle. FEC filings reveal 2021-2022 spending by party national committees. We find
Libertarian $4,321,097.42
Green $387,983.11
Constitution $148,293.02
Alliance $18,073.34
Reform $13,738.39
In terms of fund raising, the Green Party is about a tenth the size of the Libertarian Party, and the Constitution Party is less than 4% of the size of the Libertarian Party. …
“Word choices by politicians and activists matter,” writes Matt Yglesias. “[S]wing voters tend to self-identify as moderate, and as a result, people who want to win should try to portray their ideas as moderate, common-sense reforms rather than sweeping vehicles for change.…
On May 10, Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology released a report — “American Dragnet: Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century” — which you should find disturbing but shouldn’t find surprising.…
In the wake of a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion which, if it represents a final vote, would overturn Roe v. Wade, pro-choice advocates are marshaling their best — and worst — arguments against removing that ruling’s protections for abortion.…
On April 14, the Republican National Committee announced its withdrawal from the Commission on Presidential Debates, which has monopolized “major party” debates since 1988. The RNC, claiming bias on the CPD’s part in selecting moderators, pledged to “find newer, better debate platforms.”…
“Genocide.” That’s the announced verdict of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as images of hundreds of civilian dead — some with their hands bound, apparently executed — emerged from the city of Bucha following a withdrawal of Russian troops.…
What if $10 billion were raised over ten years for civic action to transform Congress and make it do what it should be doing for the people (See: Think Big to Overcome Losing Big to Corporatism 1/7/22)?…
On March 28, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 1557 — the “Parental Rights in Education Bill” — into law.
Supporters say it is indeed about parental rights: The right to know what their kids are being taught, and the right to be informed about matters pertaining to their kids’ “mental, emotional, or physical well-being.”…